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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025
Filed:
Sep. 01, 2023
Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;
Sangyun Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
Sookyoung Roh, Suwon-si, KR;
Seokho Yun, Suwon-si, KR;
Junho Lee, Suwon-si, KR;
SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD., Suwon-si, KR;
Abstract
An image acquisition apparatus according to an example embodiment includes an image sensor including a sensor substrate including a plurality of photo-sensing cells for sensing light thereon, and a color separation lens array disposed in front of the sensor substrate and including a nanostructure to separate incident light by color, wherein the nanostructure forms a phase distribution in a plurality of regions facing the plurality of photo-sensing cells, respectively, and the phase distribution is formed so as to condense light of different wavelengths onto photo-sensing cells adjacent to each other, and a processor configured to process an image signal for each color obtained from the image sensor. The processor is further configured to perform decoupling with respect to sensing signals of the plurality of photo-sensing cells by using a kernel defined from a point spread function determined by the phase distribution.